incontention.com - 18 days ago
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Just when you thought last year’s Best Picture victor was down for the count, Fox Searchlight goes and shakes things up in November. First, some background…
When we kicked off our coverage of the 2009-2010 Oscar season a year in advance , one of the more anticipated titles was ...
incontention.com - 17 days ago
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It’s not just Jeff Bridges who leaps onto
the Oscar landscape with Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart.” It’s
possible in a few months that we’ll be talking pretty seriously about Maggie Gyllenhaal in the supporting ...
‘Crazy Heart’ has the goods
oscar-watch.ew.com - 15 days ago
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 18 days ago
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We knew Fox Searchlight was in love with
"Crazy Heart," the low-budget country music drama that stars
Jeff Bridges as a faded, booze-fueled singer named Bad Blake who's trying to get his career back on track. Written and directed by...
Fox Searchlight jumps 'Crazy Heart' into Oscar season
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... would have a clear shot at the career trophy given the field (if -- and it's always a big if since distributors routinely call upcoming performances "the performance of a lifetime" -- the star turn is as good as they say). I'm glad to hear that release is still a ...
‘Crazy Heart’ has the goods
In Contention —
It’s not just Jeff Bridges who leaps onto the Oscar landscape with Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart.” It’s possible in a few months that we’ll be talking pretty seriously about Maggie Gyllenhaal in the supporting actress race and, most certainly, T-Bone Burnett’s contributions as the film’s music supervisor.
Fox Searchlight screened the film this morning to a handful of press and will do so again this evening, looking to gauge reactions to what could be a big boost both on the awards front and ...
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